#2AAC9E#2AAC9E

#2AAC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AAC9E
RGB	rgb(42, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(174, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -37.22, -2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 37.32, 184.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.1094 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.11 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8759, 32.4633, 37.4542)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AAC9E #AC2A38

analogous

#2AAC5D #2AAC9E #2A79AC

triadic

#2AAC9E #9E2AAC #AC9E2A

tetradic

#2AAC9E #5D2AAC #AC2A38 #79AC2A

square

#2AAC9E #5D2AAC #AC2A38 #79AC2A

split-complementary

#2AAC9E #AC2A79 #AC5D2A

monochromatic

#124A44 #1E7B71 #2AAC9E #42D1C2 #73DDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#2AAC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#2AAC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AAC9E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AAC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AAC9E	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A29E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92959F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2aac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79c5ba',
    500: '#2aac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2aac9e;
$custom-light: #79c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2aac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.538,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67367,
    "c": 0.10972,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AAC9E

secondary

#C46D77

accent

#4455E4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AAC9E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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